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Joeboo

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I could see it helping to resist scratches. There would basically be no way for the screen to touch a flat surface(ground, table, whatever) to get scratched. If you drop it(or even just lay it face-down), the only thing that could come in contact with the ground would be the back, or corners/edges.
 
opiate82

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The major advantages to flexible screens is that they are a lot thinner (meaning more room for battery and/or thinner phones) and are a lot harder to break, even when dropped.

But really the technology will be more impressive and applicable for things like wearables, helmet displays, cars accessories/displays, etc.
 
Ranak

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Going to upgrade both myself and my wife this week. We'll get a Note 3 and a Galaxy S4, but I'm trying to decide which one I'll be taking. My only concern with the Note 3 is just fitting in my pocket comfortably if I'm in jeans; definitely not a worry while I'm at work in a suit. Also, will I even really use the stylus? I think that I'll be fine with the Note 3, but just looking for a little feedback to make me feel better about my decision.
 
BrutulTM

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The Note III will fit in your jeans pocket, no problem. And no, you will never use the stylus.
 
BoldW

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I'm considering the Note3 as well. What exactly is the stylus used for, or when is it beneficial? Hand-writing notes?
 
BrutulTM

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You can do handwritten notes and you can also draw with it with various apps. It's not completely useless, but I don't think most people get it out very often.
 
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The s-pen is pretty great. It's not going to turn you into James Cameron sketching Kate Winslet in Titanic, but if you can sketch, you can sketch with the s-pen on the Note fairly well.
 
Joeboo

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Samsungs handwriting recognition software is actually really, really good. I use the stylus quite a bit with my Galaxy Note tablet, if I have a long email or post to write, it's at least as quick, if not quicker than using a touchscreen keyboard, and more accurate as well. But yeah, I still don't use it that often. It isn't worth busting it out for a 1-sentence text or response to something.
 
Siliconemelons

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Deathwing_sl said:
How the fuck does a curved screen help with anything listed in that article?
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lol I know... Curved screen helps you change music etc lol.

there have been tons of curved glass screens, the HP veer and I think even the pre3 are curved slightly.. This one seems a lot lot more, and the other way curved hehe.

can someone please make a keyboard phone for me, not horizontal shit either
 
meStevo

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VERIZON30 gets you $90 off the $299 on-contract Note 3 price at Verizon's website. After their bullshit upgrade fee and local taxes though I'm right back up to $296 of course.
 
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Man, I want the Note 3, but on Sprint it's $350 with a contract extension, + tax + $30 "activation fee", damn thing is over $400. That's a bit too much for my tastes, for a phone I'm only going to keep for 2 years max anyway. If the Nexus 5 is truly $299, I'll be going that route for sure, and looking pretty hard at prepaid plans
 
Deathwing

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Man, I want the Note 3, but on Sprint it's $350 with a contract extension, + tax + $30 "activation fee", damn thing is over $400. That's a bit too much for my tastes, for a phone I'm only going to keep for 2 years max anyway. If the Nexus 5 is truly $299, I'll be going that route for sure, and looking pretty hard at prepaid plans
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Nexus 5 + straight talk is the route I am going to go. Coverage is important for me since I live in Ithaca, so that eliminates Sprint and Tmo. If you can get around on just those shit networks most of the time, quite jealous. Verizon does have a straight talk plan, but they don't allow any LTE devices on that plan. I'm going to guess their other prepaid plans have similar ridiculous restrictions. Is there a division in a cell phone company that calculates just how much of a dick they can be to their customers without affecting the bottom line? Probably the same division that came up with the "activation fee" about a year ago. Cashier said they needed it for training!

So that really just leaves ATT.
 
Kuriin

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So, two times I've tried getting an iPhone and both times something has happened. My first one, my contract had not ended so it would have cost about $700. Fuck that. The second time, the Apple store was out of phones. I think this is a sign that iPhones are not for me.

I'm still in need of a phone and desperately want to get rid of my Galaxy Nexus from Google/Samsung. This is *the* worst phone ever. I'm not interested in a phablet, so the Note 3 is out. What do you guys suggest? I'd like something that can last longer than 2-3 hours of usage...
 
Tarrant

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My Note 3 lasts all day.
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Vaclav

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Kuriin if you've got 4-6 weeks to wait, from the battery data they released on the Nexus 5 (as well as other hardware specs) it's looking like the Nexus 5 is going to be a beast of a battery on the $399 model (and still quite a lengthy battery time on the $299).

GNex is dated and if you didn't get the extended battery (Sprint offered them free for a while) - it's quite easy to chew through the battery in 3 hrs or so of web-browsing/games - I can feel his pain
 
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